
An Introduction to English Syntax
Jim Miller(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 20. August 2008
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7486-3360-9 (ISBN)
Description
REVIEW FROM PREVIOUS EDITION: 'A slim and useful student textbook for English Syntax. Although most of the examples are from English, the book introduces general concepts which provide the necessary tools for a basic syntactic analysis of any language. The book concentrates on topics that will remain useful to the student who does not go on to study linguistics but, say, literature or EFL teaching.' - The Year's Work in English StudiesIn this revised and fully updated new edition of his popular textbook, Jim Miller discusses the central concepts of syntax which are applied in a wide range of university courses, in business communication, in teaching and in speech therapy. The book deals with concepts which are central to traditional grammar but have been greatly refined over the past forty years: parts of speech and how to recognise them, constructions and their interrelationships, subordinate clauses and how to recognise the different types, subjects and objects, Agents and Patients and other roles. The book draws out the connections between syntax and meaning and between syntax and discourse; in particular, a new chapter focuses on the analysis of discourse and the final chapter deals with tense, aspect and voice, topics which are central to the construction of texts and are of major importance in second language learning. They are also areas where meaning and grammar interconnect very closely.Key features:*Coverage of central themes with a wide application outside the study of syntax*Explains basic concepts, supported by a glossary of technical terms*Exercises and sources for further reading provided.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-3360-9 (9780748633609)
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Person
Jim Miller is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he had a personal chair in Linguistics and Spoken Language. He works on the syntax and discourse organisation of spoken and written language, grammar and semantics, standard and non-standard languages, and literacy.
Content
1. Heads and modifiers2. Constituent structure3. Constructions4. Word classes5. The Lexicon6. Clauses and sentences7. Clauses main and subordinate8. Clauses finite and non-finite9. Grammatical functions10. Syntactic linkage11. Heads and modifiers revisited12. Roles13. Clauses, sentences and text14. Grammar and semantics: aspect, tense, voiceDiscussion of the exercisesFurther reading